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Black Bobcat in Central Iowa?

Anybody ever see a black bobcat in Central Iowa? We saw, what we now suspect to be, a black bobcat in late winter. It was too big, to be a big house cat. The iPhone pictures we took show the black pointed ears. It came up from the bottoms south of Jordan Creek Mall. It was fat, maybe pregnant, looking for a safe place to give birth. We startled it, it took off running. We think we know where it hid.

Jess

and of course, our first response, as the ‘civilized species’, is to kill it.
the hunter thought it was a coyote. Perhaps if you don’t know what you are shooting at, you shouldn’t shoot. Just a thought from a girl raised on a farm and very familiar with guns.

YEA RIGHT HE THOUGH IT WAS A COYOTE, A RARE SPECIE OF WOLF AND THIS MAN HAS NOT RECEIVED A CITATION? WHAT WOULD IT TAKE? THE KILLING OF ALL OUR ANIMALS, MEN WILL BE SATISFIED WHEN EVERYTHING IS DEAD. DISGRACE

Marie

Black bobcat, you should send those pictures to the DNR. I had a questionable bird and they were able to ID it. As for the wolf being shot, I’m positive that no one knows all the facts. One reporting agency is saying that she was looking for her mate. Really? And how exactly do you know that?? Typically coyote hunters are yards away from their target so I can see how at great distances you can yell the weight. Plus I don’t think you’d ever see wolves and coyotes in the same area standing next to eachother so the guy couldn’t really have a size comparison to go on. I think people are making a huge deal over something that was unfortunate. Especially considering just a few hundred miles north of us, this wolf would have been hunted anyway.